Comments on: Who Was the First Black Redskin? http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2009/11/08/who-was-the-first-black-redskin/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:08:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gordon Hylton http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2009/11/08/who-was-the-first-black-redskin/comment-page-1/#comment-28042 Gordon Hylton Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:05:08 +0000 http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/?p=7968#comment-28042 I regret to note that Morris Udall passed away last week. He was a major figure in American politics in the 1960's and 1970's, and the man who probably more than anyone else forced racial integration on the Washington Redskins. I regret to note that Morris Udall passed away last week. He was a major figure in American politics in the 1960′s and 1970′s, and the man who probably more than anyone else forced racial integration on the Washington Redskins.

]]> By: Gordon Hylton http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2009/11/08/who-was-the-first-black-redskin/comment-page-1/#comment-28041 Gordon Hylton Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:03:28 +0000 http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/?p=7968#comment-28041 Teresa Thanks for the note. What I meant to convey was that at the before the 1955 season, there were only two teams in the NFL without black players. They were the Redskins and the Lions. The Lions had had black players earlier but had reverted to an all-white roster for whatever reason. At the start of the 1955 campaign they added a new black player which brought the number of NFL teams with black players currently on their rosters to eleven. From that point on, no team ever again had an all white roster, except for the Redskins who held out until 1962. Teresa

Thanks for the note. What I meant to convey was that at the before the 1955 season, there were only two teams in the NFL without black players. They were the Redskins and the Lions. The Lions had had black players earlier but had reverted to an all-white roster for whatever reason.

At the start of the 1955 campaign they added a new black player which brought the number of NFL teams with black players currently on their rosters to eleven. From that point on, no team ever again had an all white roster, except for the Redskins who held out until 1962.

]]> By: Theresa Moore http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2009/11/08/who-was-the-first-black-redskin/comment-page-1/#comment-28038 Theresa Moore Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:23:27 +0000 http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/?p=7968#comment-28038 Just a quick correction in regard to the opening paragraph statement about the Detroit Lions. The Lion's integrated their roster in the 1949/1950 season, signing Wally Tripplett from Penn State. He played for them for one season before being drafted for the Korean War. Just a quick correction in regard to the opening paragraph statement about the Detroit Lions. The Lion’s integrated their roster in the 1949/1950 season, signing Wally Tripplett from Penn State. He played for them for one season before being drafted for the Korean War.

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